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Honor introduces the new Honor 600 Lite S: Build to last, powered to perform

Mobile & Apps

Honor introduces the new Honor 600 Lite S: Build to last, powered to perform

Issued by Honor South Africa 3 days

Col’Cacchio Go taps into demand for more flexible quick-service dining

Food & bev. services

Col’Cacchio Go taps into demand for more flexible quick-service dining

19 Oct 2026

Style ID Africa releases Creator Journal Module 3: Beyond the Content

Education

Style ID Africa releases Creator Journal Module 3: Beyond the Content

Issued by Style ID 15 Oct 2026

If you can’t manufacture nostalgia, how can younger FMCG brands build lasting connections?

Retail Marketing

If you can’t manufacture nostalgia, how can younger FMCG brands build lasting connections?

15 Oct 2026

Budget shoppers get a win as Pick n Pay adds Real Cosmetics range to asap!

Health & Beauty

Budget shoppers get a win as Pick n Pay adds Real Cosmetics range to asap!

15 Oct 2026

CMOs have shorter tenures than CEOs as their roles have become increasingly complex and tenuous (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing

CMOs on shorter clock than the CEO as role is increasingly complex and tenuous

30 Sep 2026

GoMetro, flx EV and Kuehne Climate Center launch SA’s longest truck EV trial

Road Freight & Fleet Management

GoMetro, flx EV and Kuehne Climate Center launch SA’s longest truck EV trial

28 Sep 2026

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Agriculture

Why growers need more than data to make better decisions

25 Sep 2026

How Col’Cacchio turned a lockdown trial into a pizza boom

FMCG

How Col’Cacchio turned a lockdown trial into a pizza boom

22 Sep 2026

How smarter till slip competitions help brands grow

Retail

How smarter till slip competitions help brands grow

Issued by Brazen Labs 26 Feb 2026

A tale of 2 consumers: Value-seeking versus premiumisation in South Africa

Retail Marketing

A tale of 2 consumers: Value-seeking versus premiumisation in South Africa

Issued by NielsenIQ 15 Sep 2026

Members of the Civil Protection, a local community-based team that works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus and ensure burials happen safely and quickly, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), carry a wooden coffin before loading the body of an unidentified man, who, according to his family, died of Ebola, as they attend to retrieve it from his house, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Jia B. Kangbai 14 Sep 2026

SA’s R220bn informal FMCG market keeps growing despite pressure

FMCG

SA’s R220bn informal FMCG market keeps growing despite pressure

28 Aug 2026

Dr Carrie Minnaar and the modulated electro-hyperthermia device used in the landmark phase III randomised controlled trial at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital through Wits University on locally advanced cervical cancer. Image supplied.

Oncology

Bringing the HEAT: New women-led foundation boosts SA’s cervical cancer elimination strat

27 Aug 2026

Social Media

Meta agrees to pay R287bn in child safety settlement

27 Aug 2026

An attorney has been sentenced to 12 months in prison or a R10,000 fine, half suspended, for delaying a major murder trial by more than a year. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Lawyer sentenced for delaying murder trial

Tania Broughton 27 Aug 2026

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Public Liability & Personal Injury

Pothole? What pothole? Why early evidence is critical in road injury claims

Peter Michaels 25 Aug 2026

Social media companies are increasingly coming under fire for violations of children's privacy (Image source: © 123rf )

Social Media

Social media companies increasingly under fire for violations of children's privacy

24 Aug 2026

Unicef staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

Deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo gets 70k Merck vaccine boost

21 Aug 2026

IP Law

Iconic or generic? The battle over electric guitar culture's most famous silhouette

Heili Potgieter 20 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | Danone's Lungile Mbatha talks commercial leadership, AI and consumer changes

Retail

#WomensMonth | Danone's Lungile Mbatha talks commercial leadership, AI and consumer changes

Evan-Lee Courie 13 Aug 2026

5 valuable leadership lessons from the female directors of award-winning digital agency TDMC

Digital

5 valuable leadership lessons from the female directors of award-winning digital agency TDMC

Issued by TDMC 13 Aug 2026

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Public Liability & Personal Injury

High Court slams department for years of litigation, orders punitive damages after road crash ruling

12 Aug 2026

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: How one beaded bag became the beginning of Mayaka Accessories

Fashion & Homeware

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: How one beaded bag became the beginning of Mayaka Accessories

Chloe Posthumus 12 Aug 2026

Zoho posts 34% SA revenue growth, debuts Zoho POS for local retailers

Software

Zoho posts 34% SA revenue growth, debuts Zoho POS for local retailers

Imran Salie 11 Aug 2026

Ekapa Minerals’ diamond mine in Kimberly has been placed into business rescue after a court challenge by NUMSA. Photo supplied

Mining

Numsa wins bid to block liquidation of diamond mine

Greg Dor 11 Aug 2026

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Medtech

Netcare to bring risk-detecting German-developed AI tech to SA

7 Aug 2026

Sloom founder shares 10 lessons from building South Africa’s mattress disruptor

SMEs

Sloom founder shares 10 lessons from building South Africa’s mattress disruptor

5 Aug 2026

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HIV/AIDS

“Game-changing” HIV prevention drug reshapes employee benefits

Naseema Ephraim 30 Jul 2026

BMW M's latest campaign puts everyday furniture corners in the dock, turning stubbed toes, bruised shins and household mishaps into a deadpan noir courtroom drama.

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: BMW M pitches driving pleasure with a noir corner trial

29 Jul 2026

Why authentic influencer generated content is important

Digital

Why authentic influencer generated content is important

Issued by TDMC 27 Jul 2026

The Merck Research Laboratories in South San Francisco, California. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Generic Medicines

Aspen gets Merck licensing agreement for experimental HIV pill

Christy Santhosh 24 Jul 2026

Jean-Paul Rudd, Partner at Adams and Adams

Public Liability & Personal Injury

The danger of ambiguous consent-to-settle clauses in professional indemnity policies

Jean-Paul Rudd 24 Jul 2026

Cape Town clears first electric MyCiTi bus for fleet production

Logistics & Transport

Cape Town clears first electric MyCiTi bus for fleet production

23 Jul 2026

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8: Foldables, perfected for every way of living

Technology

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8: Foldables, perfected for every way of living

Issued by Samsung 22 Jul 2026

Sapa urges new agriculture minister to speed bird flu vaccine rollout

Agriculture

Sapa urges new agriculture minister to speed bird flu vaccine rollout

20 Jul 2026

South African actor Seputla Sebogodi passes away

TV

South African actor Seputla Sebogodi passes away

17 Jul 2026

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Thembeka Dube turns student hustle into luxury label

Fashion & Homeware

#WoolworthsYouthMakers2026: Thembeka Dube turns student hustle into luxury label

Evan-Lee Courie 6 Jul 2026

Tuberculosis

No DNA, just RSA: South African TB study sets new global standards

3 Jul 2026

A former awaiting-trial prisoner has been awarded more than R1-million after contracting tuberculosis in Pollsmoor Prison from June 2000 to August 2003. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Medical Law

21-year court battle over TB in prisons ends in R1m payout

Tania Broughton 1 Jul 2026

The real AI: How African Ingenuity drives growth and distinguishes the continent’s logistics sector

Road Freight & Fleet Management

The real AI: How African Ingenuity drives growth and distinguishes the continent’s logistics sector

Issued by Unitrans 26 Jun 2026

Vodacom and Amazon launch Prime partnership in SA

Telecoms & Networks

Vodacom and Amazon launch Prime partnership in SA

25 Jun 2026

Cyber breach? How you respond determines liability

Cyber Law

Cyber breach? How you respond determines liability

Issued by SchoemanLaw 23 Jun 2026

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Natural Medicine

5 things SA's supplement industry must fix before making another capsule

Dr Juanri Jonck 10 Jun 2026

The gravel bed on the right is where part of the Transnet line was uplifted at Sterkstroom in late 2012. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Prasa rail theft case: Virtual testimony accepted

Steve Kretzmann 9 Jun 2026

Cappy shakes up the juice shelf with the launch of Cappy Lemonade Burst in South Africa

FMCG

Cappy shakes up the juice shelf with the launch of Cappy Lemonade Burst in South Africa

Issued by OLC Through The Line Communications 9 Jun 2026

Declan Cherry and Daniel Cherry of Traderbag, the Durban company that has launched sustainable paper carrier bags to the retail market. Image Supplied

ESG

Myths about plastic shopping bags debunked

5 Jun 2026

School placement backlog renews calls for flexible learning options in South Africa

Distance Learning

School placement backlog renews calls for flexible learning options in South Africa

Issued by Think Digital Academy 4 Jun 2026

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Aesthetic Medicine

Alma PrimeX’s non-surgical body contouring has arrived in Cape Town

3 Jun 2026

It's official! Amazon Prime is now in South Africa

E-commerce

It's official! Amazon Prime is now in South Africa

3 Jun 2026